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Upanishads : " The Cream of Vedas"
Vedanta ( Veda +anta i.e; the end of Vedas ) as the literal meaning connotes comprises the philosophical portion of Vedas, called the Upanishads.
Of about 280 Upanishads unearthed so far, 108 have been accepted as authorised texts , and out of them have been commented upon by great Acharyas lika Sri Sankaracharya , Sri Ramanjacharya, Sri Madhavacharya and thus are classified as major.

ISAVASYA UPANISHAD : Mantram : 10.

Discussion - 2. "heard ( Sruti ) from the wise who explained that to us".......

Having stated this much, the Rishi muni immediately adds that this opinion is not a product of his own intellect, spun out by his own individual mind, but that this is what Muni has "heard ( Sruti ) from the wise who explained that to us."

This is a very significant statement in as much as "Hinduism ( / Bharatham / Bharatheeya )"
does not accept any purely intellectual idea as a philosophy just because some reverend saint or sage happened to declare it.

However great the individual may be, nobody has been given the authority or the prerogative
to declare a philosophical truth and thrust it down the understanding and appreciation of the laymen.

Even if anybody declares a truth, it is not immediately accepted, as is the fashion in the b west, but we accept it only when it stood the test of time and the repeated subjective experience of generations of Rishi-s.

Next : Discussion - 3. "Knowledge itself is a painful limitation upon the Absolute" ...

Mantram-6.
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Esa Sarvesvara esa sarvajna eso-'ntaryamy-esa
yonith sarvasya prabha-vapyayau hi bhutanam.
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word by meaning : -
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esah - this one;
sarvesvarah - is the ruler of all;
easah sarvahnah - this ( is ) Omniscient;
esah antaryami - this ( is ) all Knower;
easah yonih - this ( is ) the Source;
sarvasya - of all;
prabhava apyayau - origin and dissolution;
hi - verily;
bhutanam - of all beings.
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The sum of Mantram : -
"This is the Lord of all, this is the Knower of all, this is the inner Controller, this is the Source of all.
And, this is that from which all things originate and in which they finally dissolve themselves."
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